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woman smiles in children's book store

Second Star to the Right Celebrates Pride All Year Long

By Teague BohlenJune 21, 2023

The children’s book store was one of the first in Denver to offer Drag Queen Storytime.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Opens Brand-New Digs in Time for LitFest

By Teague BohlenJune 6, 2023

This space is heaven for readers, writers and all lit-lovers.

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The Ten Best Independent Bookstores in Denver

By Teague BohlenMay 22, 2023

What’s your favorite spot to find a new book?

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Breaking: The Bookies Is Moving

By Teague BohlenMay 16, 2023

The Bookies, our 2023 Best of Denver winner for Best Bookstore – New Books, has been an independent store serving Denver families and educators since 1971.

Julie Carr’s Family History in Mud, Blood and Ghosts Fuels a Darker Telling of American History

By Susan FroydMay 11, 2023

When Julie Carr read her populist great-grandfather’s diaries, she began to look at history’s darker sides.

Colorado sunset with a barn

Colorado Naturalist Author Mary Taylor Young’s New Book Chronicles Climate Change

By Teague BohlenMay 4, 2023

“My hope is that readers will take a look in their own backyards, their own pieces of the wild…and start to recognize change.

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Juliet Wittman’s Again and Again Is a Window Into Living With Cancer

By Teague BohlenApril 28, 2023

The book was recently spotlighted by Margaret Atwood.

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Artist Showcase City Silhouettes Brings Fresh Literary Voices to the Tattered Cover

By John FlathmanApril 27, 2023

The event showcases both established authors and poets as well as new ones, presenting a unique opportunity for local writers to show off their work.

Life coach and Colorado author Amrita Rose reclines in a plaid hammock.

Amrita Rose Is a Life Coach, and She Wants You to Burn Your Suit

By Teague BohlenApril 13, 2023

This Colorado author is coaching us how not to have a boring life in her latest book, “No Plaid Suits.”

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Hana Kebede’s Poetic Prose Wins Colorado’s Poetry Out Loud Competition

By Julianna O'ClairApril 7, 2023

The Overland High School student won the state competition and will be jetting to D.C. to compete at the national level.

At the ACC Spring Lit Fest, $25 Gets You Breakfast, Lunch and Bookworm Joy

By Teague BohlenMarch 23, 2023

“We want to make it as beautiful, meaningful and significant as possible.”

Two Colorado Authors Team Up at Tattered Cover Tonight

By Teague BohlenNovember 14, 2022

Wendy J. Fox joins with Cynthia Newberry Martin to talk books.

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Author Erika T. Wurth’s White Horse Captures a Denver That Is Going, Going, Gone

By Teague BohlenNovember 13, 2022

“Human loneliness is a big part of the book.”

Reader: What Is Old Denver, Anyway?

Reader: What Is Old Denver, Anyway?

By Westword StaffNovember 6, 2022

“The book is, in a lot of ways, an homage to old Denver as it dies,” says Erika Wurth.

Colorado Authors Heading to the 2022 National Book Festival

By Teague BohlenSeptember 1, 2022

Kali Fajardo-Anstine and Gregory Barrington present September 3.

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Adrian Miller, Julian Rubinstein and all the Colorado Book Award Winners

Adrian Miller, Julian Rubinstein and all the Colorado Book Award Winners

By Westword StaffJune 26, 2022

The Holly continues to be a hit.

Jon Bassoff’s Beneath Cruel Waters Is Sheer Colorado Suspense

By Teague BohlenJune 20, 2022

Guilt, murder, memory and redemption on the eastern plains.

Claire Boyles Wins a Whiting Award for <i>Site Fidelity</i>

Claire Boyles Wins a Whiting Award for Site Fidelity

By Jason HellerApril 18, 2022

The former farmer has a growing career as author.

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Lessons From the Cyclone That Spawned a War

By Teague BohlenMarch 25, 2022

A 1970 storm with modern implications.

Tom Peters, Owner of Beat Book Shop, Pays Homage to Jack Kerouac for 100th Birthday

By John BearMarch 7, 2022

Nowhere to go but everywhere.

Pop Culture Classroom’s Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Open for Nominations

By Teague BohlenFebruary 9, 2022

The awards expand.

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LitFest 2022 Returns to Denver in Person After Two Virtual Years

By Teague BohlenFebruary 1, 2022

The ten-day literary party is back!

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